The Murder Of Bruno The Bear

My letter to the Guardian UK, followed by a snippet and a Link to the full article. Send your own letter of outrage, and Post a copy in the Comments section here!

ALSO, there was a similar article in the London Times. Send them a letter of outrage, too!

TLC
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Sir,

History shows that, as is alleged of Bruno The Bear, Germans are “a risk to humans”.

Indeed, Germany has historically posed a far greater threat to humans and other living things.

Should we apply a similar solution to THAT problem?

Sincerely,

Terry L. Clark

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For the past seven weeks he had led an idyllic existence, swimming in lakes, eating honey and killing the odd sheep. But the adventures of Germany's most famous fugitive - Bruno the bear - came to an abrupt end on Monday when a group of Bavarian hunters unapologetically shot him dead.

"It's not that we don't welcome bears in Bavaria. It's just that this one wasn't behaving properly," Otmar Bernhard, an official with Bavaria's environment ministry said. "The bear kept wandering into populated areas. Its death was regrettable. But we didn't have much choice."

Full Article, Guardian UK, June 26, 2006